This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Sami for the 1978
Corey Allen film Avalance based on a story by Frances Doel and
starring Rock Hudson as David Shelby. Plot summary: The vacationers at
a ski resort face a life-threatening crisis when an avalanche crashes
in.
Cast and crew: Corey Allen, Sami, Frances Doel, Gavin Lambert, Rock
Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan, Rick Moses, Steve
Franken, Barry Primus, Cathey Paine, Jerry Douglas, Antony Carbone,
Peggy Browne, Pat Egan, Joby Baker, X Brands, Cindy Luedke
Pictured above are a US 27" x 41" advance one-sheet and an Italian
18" x 26.5" fotobusta for the 1978 Roger Corman film Deathsport
based on a story by Frances Doel, screenplay by Nicholas Niciphor and
starring David Carradine as Kaz Oshay. Both posters are by unknown
designers. Plot summary: This film was the sequel to the 1975
Death Race 2000, but it did not do as well at the box office.
In a scenario set in the distant future, a city state called Helix is
planning war against Tritan, another city state. They intend to use a
new weapon they call Death Machines, or laser-equipped dirt bikes.
Deathsport is the new version of the death penalty in Helix. This game
has replaced such events as the Olympics and the Superbowl; in it
convicted criminals fight to the death for their freedom. Lord
Zirpola of Helix [David McClean] captures the notorious desert ranger
Kaz Oshay for a fight to the death in one of the Deathsport matches.
Cast and crew: Roger Corman, Frances Doel, Donald Stewart, Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Frances Doel, David Carradine, Valerie Rae Clark, H. B. Haggerty, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers, Will Walker, David McClean, Jesse Vint, John Himes, Jim Galante, Pete Cooper, Brenda Venus, Gene Hartline, Chris Howell, Valerie Rae Clark
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster using art by John Solie to
promote the 1974 Steve Carver film Big Bad Mama based on a
story by William W. Norton and Frances Doel and starring Angie
Dickinson as Wilma McClatchie. Plot summary: In the early 1930s Wilma
McClatchie and her comely young daughters Billy Jean and Polly [Susan
Sennett and Robbie Lee] go from bootlegging to bank robbery following
in the footsteps of her deceased lover, then another criminal
companion named Fred Diller [Tom Skerritt]. After that they try
kidnapping, hoping to get a ransom for the beautiful daughter of a
millionaire. This film is a veritable bad-taste cornucopia of
robbery, mayhem, road collisions, gunfights and sexual conquests
filmed over a bouncy bluegrass soundtrack supplied by David Grisman
leading the Great American Music Band with help from Jerry Garcia on
banjo.
Cast and crew: John Solie, Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Susan Sennett, Robbie Lee, Steve Carver, William W. Norton, Frances Doel, Robbie Lee, Noble Willingham, Dick Miller, Tom Signorelli, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Joan Prather, Royal Dano, William O'Connell, John Wheeler, Ralph James, Sally Kirkland, Wally K. Berns
